One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when you can plant bachelor buttons in Muscle Shoals by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Bachelor Buttons

Frost tolerance for bachelor buttons:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Bachelor Buttons do well in moderate cold which tells us that you can start planting them earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant bachelor buttons in Muscle Shoals is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant bachelor buttons and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your bachelor buttons may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your bachelor buttons indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Muscle Shoals. You should expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Muscle Shoals is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Muscle Shoals there is a last frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your bachelor buttons if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Muscle Shoals

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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